Internal survey shows party will win 170 seats in MCD polls, says BJP

NEW DELHI: An internal survey of Delhi BJP has shown that the party may win 170 of 250 wards in the MCD polls next month, a senior party leader said here on Monday.

The survey having a sample size of 43,750 voters was conducted between November 13 to 25, Delhi BJP media head Harish Khurana told PTI.

The elections for 250 wards of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will be held on December 4. Results will be declared on December 7.“The survey conducted in all the 250 wards shows that the BJP is going to win 170 seats. There are 150 wards where BJP is in very strong position while there are 20-25 other wards where the party has edge over other parties,” Khurana said.

Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta had said during campaigning on Sunday that the BJP will win 180 wards in the MCD elections.Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has claimed that his party will win 200 wards in the MCD polls.He had also said that the BJP will not win more than 20 seats in the elections.

The BJP in 2017 municipal corporation elections won 181 of the 270 wards where voting was held, routing the AAP and Congress.The AAP had bagged 48 wards while Congress was restricted to 30 municipal

THE SURVEY HAVING A SAMPLE SIZE OF 43,750 VOTERS WAS HELD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 13 TO 25

wards.

To woo Purvanchalis, Cong promises to restore Chhat ghats

In a bid to woo Purvanchali voters, the Congress’ Delhi unit has promised to restore Chhat ghats on the banks of the Yamuna and provide other facilities for them to hold their festival without hurdles.

The Congress’ Delhi unit chief Anil Chaudhary alleged that CM Kejriwal had “betrayed” the Purvanchalis living in the capital with false promises and prevented them from holding their most auspicious festival.

He claimed that the Congress government in Delhi under Sheila Dikshit had set up the Chhat ghats for Purvanchalis and also established Mythili and Bhojpuri academies.

“The Kejriwal government failed to check rising air and water pollution for the past eight years despite selling the rosy dream of making Delhi like London, Paris and Singapore. The Yamuna water is toxic and highly contaminated, causing severe health problems to Delhiites, particularly the children and the elderly,” he said.